Darjeeling tea clocks two-decade low production in 2022 at 6.6 mkg

Figure is even marginally lower than in 2020, when a nationwide lockdown was imposed to contain Covid-19; Tea Board chief says output has gone down because due to old bushes

Ishita Ayan Dutt | Kolkata
Last Updated at February 24, 2023 16:55 IST

Darjeeling tea production stood at 6.6 million kg (mkg) in 2022, a two-decade low barring 2017 when the gardens had to shut down for 104 days due to the Gorkhaland agitation.

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